The PGA Tour returns to the Dominican Republic with the eighth edition of the Corales Puntacana Championship, an official event on the world’s most prestigious golf tour.
With a US$4 million purse and 300 FedEx Cup points, the largest in the history of Dominican sport, and with the participation of players from 20 countries and five continents, the country’s “signature” professional golf event begins. Following the exciting announcement by the PGA TOUR and Grupo Puntacana of the multi-year extension of the Corales Puntacana Championship through 2027, the tournament begins with expectations of once again becoming one of the most acclaimed on the PGA Tour circuit.
132 players from the United States, Europe and Latin America will compete for the title of “King of Corales”, with the presence of past champions Chad Ramey (2022), Joel Dahmen (2021) and Brice Garnett (2018), as well as Nate Lashley, winner of the Korn Ferry Tour in 2017 and a host of other leading names such as Charley Hoffman, winner of 5 PGA Tour victories and former director of the PGA Tour Player Advisory Council, Justin Lower, Ben Martin and Emiliano Grillo, ambassador of Puntacana Resort.
The tournament has a reach of 7 billion digital impressions with 63 million in digital video reach, 585 million in social media reach, 7 million TV viewers in North America and 4 million TV viewers in Europe, and 10.7 million visits to the official app and website.
How can I watch the Corales PCCC? The event will be broadcast live today and tomorrow on Golf Channel from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Locally, and as Media Partners, CDN Deportes will be broadcasting from the Corales golf course, covering the event. On Sunday, they will broadcast the awards ceremony live at 5:00 p.m.
Dominicans in action: Five Dominicans will walk the Corales fairways in this edition, the most veteran being Hiram Silfa (Director of Golf Courses for the Puntacana Group). Hiram is joined by Willy Pumarol, Juan José Guerra, Enrique Valverde, and Rodrigo Huerta, a junior player on the national team and the youngest player in the tournament field.
About Corales Golf Course
Corales was designed by world-renowned architect Tom Fazio. Opened in 2010, it is located next to the cliffs, bays, natural ocean inlets, inland lakes, and coral quarries of the Caribbean Sea. It has 18 holes, six of them oceanfront, and culminates with its final three holes known as the “Devil’s Elbow,” which are among the most spectacular and difficult finishing holes in the world.
Source: Listin Diario
